The odds of winning the Powerball are a dismal 1 in 292,201,338. Still, millions of people take a shot at a dream three times a week and play for a chance to match the numbers on the five white balls ...

For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have proven a new way to identify prime numbers, and in doing so developed a toolkit that could allow further advances in number theory. Prime ...

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women. By Alec Wilkinson Alec Wilkinson is ...

"Zodiac signs and angel numbers do not overlap, nor do they have established significance together," says PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE ...

Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add “1” to whatever number they come up with and you’re sure to win. The reason is that numbers go on ...

Verizon has announced Second Number, which will let customers add a second number to their phones. The service is available to all Verizon postpaid customers with a dual-SIM device. Second Number is ...

Angel numbers are rooted in numerology and are said to contain messages from the spiritual world Chloe Jeong/PEOPLE If you look closely enough, you might find that the universe is sending you signs — ...

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In the early 1970s mathematician Donald Knuth spent a sabbatical with his wife in Norway. The time was meant to be spent relaxing. Yet one night he woke up his partner in a state of agitation. He ...